If you are scrambling to meet your patron requests for materials for their Christmas presents perhaps you want to point users to the free resources at Project Gutenberg.
Visit E-Discover the Classics for clean MARC records for a select set of Project Gutenberg public domain e-books & audios that can be uploaded to your library catalog. This program is a project of CLIC (Colorado Library Consortium).
Thanks AALS, for posting this info to their Facebook page!
LATER THIS WEEK all due by Friday
1. Complete the interest survey for participation in a potential Mobilize My Library Project. Contact Jerry McCulley (972-205-3862) if you have questions about this project.
2. Apply for Evanced Summer Reader pilot project. (Use attached form). This product is designed to relieve staff from paper forms and tracking of reading milestones. The software subscription is for a full year, libraries can offer reading programs throughout the year for a variety of purposes and groups. Contact Jerry McCulley (972-205-3862) if you have questions about this project.
3. Apply for Library computer protection project. (Use attached form) This project helps fund lock-down/rollback software and anti-virus software for library computers. The purpose is to increase computer up-time by protecting workstations from unwanted changes. Contact Jerry Brock (972-205-3892) if you have questions about this project.
Also December 17 J Frank Dobie Grant applications are due.
Later today?
Reauthorization of IMLS and confirmation Susan Hildreth as director of IMLS are on today’s legislative calendar. Information about the legislation is here. ALA is hoping the legislation will pass during this session, if not the process will need to begin again.
Another note from Washington: changes to the E-rate program that were voted on by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in September will be effective January 3, 2011.
Something Seasonal
Author Chris Van Allsburg reads the classic children's book, The Polar Express for the Barnes & Noble Online Storytime program.
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Your RDA Lesson… Contributed by Dennis Quinn, Cataloger, Duncanville Public Library
RDA LESSON: BEYOND WEMI
We’ve spent the last several lessons taking a very close look at the WEMI model, but WEMI is actually just one part of a larger model used by RDA. There are two other groups of entities like WEMI…but don’t worry; you might be surprised at how familiar the terms in these groups are.
Most of the entities used in RDA come from IFLA’s 1998 study on Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records, or FRBR (“fur brr”) . What we’ve been calling WEMI is referred to in FRBR as "Group 1."
Group 2 consists of entities that can be responsible for the creation of entities in Group 1. These include the Person and the Corporate Body (which basically means several persons working together). RDA adds to these two the Family, which is like a corporate body whose members are related by blood, marriage, civil union, etc. In RDA-speak, a person, family or corporate body can create a work, realize an expression, produce a manifestation, and/or own an item.
In most cases, several Group 2 entities are responsible for a single information object at different levels of WEMI. For example:
The Person known as John Steinbeck created a Work known as The Grapes of Wrath.
Group 3 includes various types of subject content: the Concept (defined as "an abstract notion or idea"), the Object ("a material thing"), the Event ("an action or occurrence") and the Place ("a location"). These four entities, as well as those in Group 2, are things that works can be about. Subjects of Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath include the fictional Family known as the Joads, the Event known as the Dust Bowl, the Places known as Oklahoma and California, and Concepts such as drought, economic hardship, and migrant farm workers.
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Upcoming RDA Conference
Amigos Library Services presents an online RDA @ Your Library conference
February 4, 2011. The conference approaches RDA from a variety of perspectives including vendors, early adopters, OCLC, etc.
Buddy Up
.. & On the cheap..
If you want free copies of the Harlequin novel, Crime Scene @ Cardwell Ranch by BJ Daniels, please let me know. We can send via courier you can pick up at our office before January 11, 2011. The books are in boxes of 48.
The bookstore that contacted me has thousands of copies of this one title. There are no restrictions on how the books are used – they may be added to your collection or sold, turned into a craft, used for rewards, give-aways or even for discussion.
Check this discount pricing on CD-ROM, DVD, and gaming titles carefully selected for use in schools and libraries. Thanks to our partners at NTRLS for sharing this program from Thomas Klise/Crimson Multimedia. You’ll soon also find this offer on our discounts page. (Can’t wait? Give us a call.)
Save with Group Purchase
If your library plans to subscribe to the RDA Toolkit, order through LLIBS to get in on a group purchase discount. Contact Lisa Winter for more information.
The TALL Texans Leadership Development Institute is a five-day seminar on leadership and management intended for up-and-coming leaders in the Texas library community. The Institute offers advanced study on topics such as strategic and tactical planning, calculated risk-taking, communication, collaboration, teambuilding, conflict resolution, power, community engagement and advocacy for mid-career librarians from all library types with at least five years of experience working in a library (MLS is not required). Library advocates from the community may also apply after 3 years' experience working with libraries. The main goal of the program is to develop leaders for libraries, for the communities they serve, and for the profession.
Info and online application forms are available on the TLA web site at www.txla.org/talltexans.
Employers are often willing to cover registration costs, but some TLA member units may offer financial aid as well. Participants usually only need to cover transportation and incidental expenses. The program is held at the Montserrat Retreat Center in Lake Dallas, Texas. Room and board are included in the registration fee.
Please contact institute coordinator Ted Wanner if you have questions: tedw@txla.org or 800-580-2852, or talk to a colleague who has been through the program. With over four hundred graduates in the last sixteen years, odds are good that a librarian near you can tell you about the TALL Texans experience.
Rural Libraries: Beefing up the Funds watch the video from ALA’s District Dispatch. The session explains how USDA and IMLS funds may assist rural libraries.
Spend Grant Money
Explore the Library Development Division’s blog for Grant Opportunity postings. Start with this recent post from Jennifer Peters then explore links to previous featured opportunities listed below the current post. Visit the grants lists on the Houston Area Library System website. Register for TSLAC’s grants listserv.
In addition to advertised grant opportunities libraries are reporting success obtaining funds from: their local banks; railroads; electric utility; retailers; and service clubs. In some cases the local entity has funds to distribute, frequently their parent organization also provides funding from a foundation.
Grant Reviews
NETLS consultants review grant applications and make recommendations to enhance requests. Please allow staff time to provide a thorough, thoughtful review. Note we recommend Tocker Grant applications due January 15 be sent to us by January 7 for review.
Promoting Databases:
Here’s an interesting idea from Ebsco (and they provide them free) -- stickers to place on the shelf or cover of your magazines to indicate the ones available in a TexShare Database. Order here.
Getting Philosophical about E-Books
Is there a role for libraries in delivering e-books? Are libraries in the game? Can libraries influence the e-book future? Take a look at this investigation by COLSA.
Coming soon on a computer near you:
Upcoming Webinars listed on TSLAC Library Developments Blog
See the listing of archived presentations. Guest access is available.
Upcoming Infopeople Webinars
Also available: Librarian Live Podcasts
Management and Training topics
Ebsco’s free online training schedule
Webinar tip…
Instead of tying up your business phone line for the duration of a webinar, try using Google Voice. Google Voice offers free computer to phone calling to phone numbers in the U.S. and Canada. If you are only listening to the call you don’t even need a microphone, just speakers!
NETLS In-person training
Secrets of Collection Management – Presenter, Lisa Winter, President LLIBS
All workshops 9 to noon. Register early! Registrants will be asked to return a brief survey before their workshops.
January 4, Henderson
January 5, Jefferson
January 11, Lancaster
January 12, Forney
January 19, Mineola
January 21, McKinney
The Four R’s of Volunteer Management – Presenter, Mary Beth Harrington, Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations
All workshops 9 to noon. Register here.
January 25, Dallas, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
January 27, Sulphur Springs
February 10, Texarkana
February 15, Van Alstyne
March 8, Lindale
March 10, Longview
Future TLA Annual Conference Dates
By December 17 J Frank Dobie Grant applications due
By December 31 Send (postmark, email or fax) application for Christina B. Woll Memorial Grant
Until December 31 Get in-store grant application from Sam’s or Walmart. They do not accept mailed, fax, phoned applications.
By January 5 Muhammad Ali Center Peace Garden grant applications for award packages (not cash) due
By January 7 Apply for Quality Books/New Members Round Table Professional Development Grant for 2011 TLA Conference
By January 7 Tocker Grants to NETLS office for review
By January 7 Apply for TALL Texans Leadership Development Institute
January 15 Tocker Grant application deadline
February 1 Highsmith Award applications due
February 1 Big read applications due
Below the line …
I like big books video – great job!
Online tutorials are offered by the Northeast Texas Library System through the UNT LE@D project as part of our Continuing Education strategy.
Course descriptions are on the LE@D website. If you expect NETLS to pay for the course do not register at the LE@D site – only register through the NETLS registration site.
Course access instructions are emailed to registrants within 10 days after the close of the registration period. (Allow us time to provide LE@D your name and for LE@D to establish your account.)
NOTE: Don't be confused by auto-generated registration emails that include a date for the class. Ignore that date – the class will be available to you for the period advertised. If you have questions contact us!
Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!
· Library Reports – share your news
· TexShare Program update
Jerry Brock is no longer a contractor for NETLS, he is now a part of the NETLS staff. Many of you met Jerry while he was a contract worker doing Technical Assessments of helping with the Koha migration. You will be seeing more of Jerry McCulley and Jerry Brock as they expand our technology consulting program.
Remember the NETLS NEWS list is open to all library supporters. Register here for our lists (or just ask to be added)… also most NETLS News emails are archived on the NETLS Director blog.
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Taking Care of Your Personal Archives - Nicholas Jackson - Technology - The Atlantic http://t.co/letBRwc Thanks -- LifeHacker
Don't miss the video YouTube - CSLA book cart drill http://t.co/sZt9was Words to that catchy tune: Weed It! - http://t.co/41JZMO0
The effect of Twitter on college student engagement and grades - Junco - 2010 -http://t.co/eYKrevi Can Twitter make you smarter??
COSLA: eBook Feasibility Study for Public Libraries http://t.co/0x1nYjK Is there a role for libraries? Libraries - market changers?
Why are public libraries still important to society? http://t.co/QT6U6DN Answers are pretty good (but old now). Askville is an Amazon site!
Brush Up On Grammar Rules with These Light-Hearted Resources http://t.co/DVp6kHB via @lifehacker
Congrats to Sachse PL -- and their donors for circulating Nooks & Kindles!
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Your RDA Lesson… Contributed by Dennis Quinn, Cataloger, Duncanville Public Library
A more complex relationship is that between an original work and a derivative work, which is “born” from the pre-existing original work. Examples of this type of relationship include those between a published play and a recording of a performance of that play, or between a novel and a movie adaptation of that novel. What makes this type of relationship troublesome is that we can also have derivative relationships between expressions of the same work (revisions, editions, abridgements, etc.). Thankfully, Dr. Barbara Tillett of the Library of Congress has created a great diagram to help us make sense of this blurred boundary between “expression” and “related work”
Amigos Library Services presents an online RDA @ Your Library conference
February 4, 2011. The conference approaches RDA from a variety of perspectives including vendors, early adopters, OCLC, etc.
FEEDBACK?
Buddy Up
.. & On the cheap..If you want free copies of the Harlequin novel, Crime Scene @ Cardwell Ranch by BJ Daniels, please let me know. We can send via courier or have for available for pickup at our November 30, Membership Meeting. The books are in boxes of 48.
The bookstore that contacted me has thousands of copies of this one title. There are no restrictions on how the books are used – they may be added to your collection or sold, turned into a craft, used for rewards, give-aways or even for discussion.
Check this discount pricing on CD-ROM, DVD, and gaming titles carefully selected for use in schools and libraries. Thanks to our partners at NTRLS for sharing this program from Thomas Klise/Crimson Multimedia. You’ll soon also find this offer on our discounts page. (Can’t wait? Give us a call.)
Save with Group PurchaseIf your library plans to subscribe to the RDA Toolkit, order through LLIBS to get in on a group purchase discount. Contact Lisa Winter for more information.
The TALL Texans Leadership Development Institute is a five-day seminar on leadership and management intended for up-and-coming leaders in the Texas library community. The Institute offers advanced study on topics such as strategic and tactical planning, calculated risk-taking, communication, collaboration, teambuilding, conflict resolution, power, community engagement and advocacy for mid-career librarians from all library types with at least five years of experience working in a library (MLS is not required). Library advocates from the community may also apply after 3 years' experience working with libraries. The main goal of the program is to develop leaders for libraries, for the communities they serve, and for the profession.Info and online application forms are available on the TLA web site at www.txla.org/talltexans.
The instructors will be Maureen Sullivan, nationally-known consultant on management and leadership, and Jack Siggins, head of the George Washington University library system. They will be joined by six mentors drawn from top leaders in the Texas library community, including Jerilynn Williams (TLA President for 2011-12 and director of Montgomery County Memorial Library System), Dr. Rhea Lawson (director of Houston Public Library), Darryl Tocker (executive director of the Tocker Foundation), Cindy Buchanan (School Librarian for Aldine ISD), and the 2011-12 President Elect (either Sherilynn Bird of Texas Women's University or Joan Heath of Texas State University). Up to twenty-four participants will be selected for the 2011 class.
Employers are often willing to cover registration costs, but some TLA member units may offer financial aid as well. Participants usually only need to cover transportation and incidental expenses. The program is held at the Montserrat Retreat Center in Lake Dallas, Texas. Room and board are included in the registration fee.
Please contact institute coordinator Ted Wanner if you have questions: tedw@txla.org or 800-580-2852, or talk to a colleague who has been through the program. With over four hundred graduates in the last sixteen years, odds are good that a librarian near you can tell you about the TALL Texans experience.
Rural Libraries: Beefing up the Funds watch the video from ALA’s District Dispatch. The session explains how USDA and IMLS funds may assist rural libraries.Spend Grant Money
Explore the Library Development Division’s blog for Grant Opportunity postings. Start with this recent post from Jennifer Peters then explore links to previous featured opportunities listed below the current post. Visit the grants lists on the Houston Area Library System website. Register for TSLAC’s grants listserv.
Grant Opportunity - Rescuing Texas History, 2011
UNT Libraries is accepting applications for its Rescuing Texas History grant, 2011. UNT Libraries is dedicated to providing access to Texas history collections belonging to museums, libraries, archives, private collections, historical societies and government agencies throughout Texas. The grant will provide allocations to digitize photographs, negatives (large and small), slides, handwritten materials and non-bound print materials and documents. The application deadline is December 15, 2010. For more details, please click here.
Promoting Databases:
· The Texas State Library and Archives Commission has a toolkit full of training and awareness ideas at their Outreach Materials page.
· Promotional materials from EBSCO are available at their EBSCO Databases for Texas Libraries site.
· Gale includes tools to boost usage at its AccessMyLibrary Public Edition App site.
· Posters, fliers, bookmarks, etc. are offered by ProQuest in its Public Library Toolkit.
· NetLibrary has buttons, logos, graphics and more on its Promoting eContent page.
Getting Philosophical about E-Books
Is there a role for libraries in delivering e-books? Are libraries in the game? Can libraries influence the e-book future? Take a look at this investigation by COLSA.
Coming soon on a computer near you:
Upcoming Webinars listed on TSLAC Library Developments Blog
See the listing of archived presentations. Guest access is available.
Also available: Librarian Live Podcasts
Management and Training topics
Ebsco’s free online training schedule
Instead of tying up your business phone line for the duration of a webinar, try using Google Voice. Google Voice offers free computer to phone calling to phone numbers in the U.S. and Canada. If you are only listening to the call you don’t even need a microphone, just speakers!
November 29 Everyone Reads @ your library grant applications due
NOVEMBER 30 NETLS MEMBERSHIP MEETING GARLAND
By December 15 Application due date for Sara Jaffarian Award (ALA) for humanities programming in schools
By December 17 J Frank Dobie Grant applications due
By December 31 Send (postmark, email or fax) application for Christina B. Woll Memorial Grant
Until December 31 Get in-store grant application from Sam’s or Walmart. They do not accept mailed, fax, phoned applications.
By January 5 Muhammad Ali Center Peace Garden grant applications for award packages (not cash) due
By January 7 Apply for Quality Books/New Members Round Table Professional Development Grant for 2011 TLA Conference
By January 7 Tocker Grants to NETLS office for review
By January 7 Apply for TALL Texans Leadership Development Institute
January 15 Tocker Grant application deadline
Below the line …
Seriously Surveying …
DUE THIS WEEK –
Public Libraries & the Internet survey gathers connection, use, and budget information by facility to provide data for state and national initiatives. See the Adobe .pdf file of the questions here.
Many libraries have responded – thank you! Libraries in the sample group that have not yet responded will receive one more email requesting their assistance.
New, Emerging and Useful Technologies for Libraries Information (.pdf) Registration
Registration is open for the NETLS Technology Showcase New, Emerging and Useful Technologies for Libraries. The events will be from 9 am to 4 pm on Tuesday, November 9, at the Garland South Branch Library and on Wednesday, November 10 at the Tyler Public Library.
Presenter, Linda W. Braun, will cover technology devices such as eReaders and smartphones as well as tools such as smartphone apps. Linda will discuss what is coming in the near-future and how to make good decisions about using new technologies for a particular library setting and purpose.
Technology Petting Zoo
The workshop also includes a technology petting zoo in the afternoon. We will have several devices on hand to try out including at least one or more of the following: Kindle, Nook, iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone, Droid or Droid2 phones.
Remember the NETLS NEWS list is open to all library supporters. Register here for our lists (or just ask to be added)… also most NETLS News emails are archived on the NETLS Director blog.
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Thomas E. Weber: Cracking the Facebook code Dallas Morning News http://t.co/bSkJuWA Are your library's FB posts showing in friends' feeds?
The ‘Dancing Baby’ Lawsuit Will Shape Future of Fair Use | paidContent http://t.co/VWNpovZ ~~~ What do you think of this suit?
Did you know October is Health Literacy Month? 2010 Calendar of Texas Literacy Conferences & Events http://t.co/EtRSkRE
New NOOKcolor more tablet than eBook Reader - FierceContentManagement http://t.co/W0r41mU
20 heroic librarians who save the world http://t.co/mQSVMv9 via @io9 Really heroes -- just like us!
Writing programs offered by The Office of Letters and Light | Our Events http://t.co/BdB3r0d Projects for both novellas and scripts.
A New York Public Library Branch That's a Commuter's Secret - http://t.co/wxwoY3j In the subway station. http://t.co/OxRW2dW
Tips from WebJunction on staff "watch parties" for webinars and online conferences. Generates discussion! - http://t.co/kmA3R1z
Lane Smith's Use of the Word 'Jackass' Stirs Controversy http://t.co/saxmJYr Delete
$20.00 – A Poster of all your Library’s Facebook Friends – Stephen's Lighthouse http://t.co/OzahHkn -- A fun idea, thanks Stephen.
Wehn yuo cnnaot raed, noe hruendd ftory ccrhaetars mean noinhtg. Hlep ptoorme goalbl latceriy: http://t.co/qh7m4Fg
The PC Weenies Cartoon - Printed E-Books http://t.co/GKUQbxI
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Your RDA Lesson… Contributed by Dennis Quinn, Cataloger, Duncanville Public Library
Lesson #4 RDA EXPRESSION AND WORK
In the last newsletter, we looked at Items and Manifestations, the two most concrete levels of the WEMI model. The Expression and Work levels may be tougher to grasp (and to tell apart), because differences at these levels are more conceptual and abstract.
Continuing with our example, let’s say we have one copy of Pride and Prejudice in English, and one in Spanish. They are probably published by different publishers, in different years, and may have many physical differences, but they are both still the same story told by the same author (in spite of translation), and they are both books. This makes them different Expressions of the same Work. Expression-level differences include language, edition, abridgment, and form of presentation.
Finally, imagine one of our two books is a copy of Pride and Prejudice, and the other is Cliff’s Notes on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. These two are more different than any of the other pairs of books we’ve imagined so far. The two represent separate Works created by different people; one is *about* the other. Differences at the Work level can be hard to define, but they basically boil down to differences in intellectual effort; how much new creative effort went into the making of Thing B that didn't go into the making of Thing A?
In the next newsletter, we'll look at the different ways in which Works can be related to each other, and the blurred boundary between expressions and related works.
Upcoming RDA Conference
Amigos Library Services presents an online RDA @ Your Library conference
February 4, 2011. The conference approaches RDA from a variety of perspectives including vendors, early adopters, OCLC, etc.
FEEDBACK?
If your library users, library, Friends or Foundation has something to brag about, do it here! We always want to know about successes and struggles.
Let us know when there is something we’ve offered (consulting, continuing education, projects, or just information) that resulted in success or a story of personal accomplishment.
We love to have your stories when we talk to funders about budgets and your stories help us plan when we know what did or didn’t work.
Here’s a brag…
From Pittsburg
The Friends of the Library sponsored its 3rd annual Fun, Run, Walk or Crawl 5K on Saturday, September 18, 2010. We had 101 participants and made $2200! See the pictures here and the results here. Next: The Friends are sponsoring raffles for an Apple iPod and an Amazon Kindle for the holidays! Tickets will be $5 each.
From Kaufman
FOL Hosts their Tenth Book and Author Luncheon Thursday, November 4, 2010, at the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, 302 S. Washington St. in Kaufman. The Kaufman County Library will celebrate three significant birthdays: The 10th Book and Author Luncheon, the 20th year of the present library building and the Centennial of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Authors represented are Jordan Dane, David B. Gracy II, and Larry D. Thompson.
For more information see the attachment. Call the Kaufman Library, 972-932-6222 or Ticket Chair, Wanda Sanders at 972-932-3739 for ticket information.
Buddy Up
.. & On the cheap..Save with Group PurchaseIf your library plans to subscribe to the RDA Toolkit, order through LLIBS to get in on a group purchase discount. Contact Lisa Winter for more information.
The TALL Texans Leadership Development Institute is a five-day seminar on leadership and management intended for up-and-coming leaders in the Texas library community. The Institute offers advanced study on topics such as strategic and tactical planning, calculated risk-taking, communication, collaboration, teambuilding, conflict resolution, power, community engagement and advocacy for mid-career librarians from all library types with at least five years of experience working in a library (MLS is not required). Library advocates from the community may also apply after 3 years' experience working with libraries. The main goal of the program is to develop leaders for libraries, for the communities they serve, and for the profession.
Info and online application forms are available on the TLA web site at www.txla.org/talltexans.
The instructors will be Maureen Sullivan, nationally-known consultant on management and leadership, and Jack Siggins, head of the George Washington University library system. They will be joined by six mentors drawn from top leaders in the Texas library community, including Jerilynn Williams (TLA President for 2011-12 and director of Montgomery County Memorial Library System), Dr. Rhea Lawson (director of Houston Public Library), Darryl Tocker (executive director of the Tocker Foundation), Cindy Buchanan (School Librarian for Aldine ISD), and the 2011-12 President Elect (either Sherilynn Bird of Texas Women's University or Joan Heath of Texas State University). Up to twenty-four participants will be selected for the 2011 class.
Employers are often willing to cover registration costs, but some TLA member units may offer financial aid as well. Participants usually only need to cover transportation and incidental expenses. The program is held at the Montserrat Retreat Center in Lake Dallas, Texas. Room and board are included in the registration fee.
Please contact institute coordinator Ted Wanner if you have questions: tedw@txla.org or 800-580-2852, or talk to a colleague who has been through the program. With over four hundred graduates in the last sixteen years, odds are good that a librarian near you can tell you about the TALL Texans experience.
Don’t Diss the Discount
Save with E-rate.
November 18, Balch Springs
Registration for the workshops is limited to staff of Texas public libraries and those public officials, such as city or county staff, or library board members, who contribute to the library’s E-rate process. All E-rate experience levels welcome.
Presenter - Aleck Johnson has been involved with the E-rate program for almost 15 years. As an E-rate consultant for both libraries and schools, he works closely with applicants of all sizes to navigate the E-rate process. As an associate in the American Library Association’s Office for Information Technology Policy, he helped coordinate policy on a number of library issues, including E-rate, and helped plan and conduct the first nationwide training for state E-rate coordinators. Mr. Johnson has also worked as a consultant to the Schools and Libraries Division of the Universal Service Administrative Company, assisting in the development and improvement of the online applications and the creation of documentation to assist applicants.
Information and registration
Rural Libraries: Beefing up the Funds watch the video from ALA’s District Dispatch. The session explains how USDA and IMLS funds may assist rural libraries.
Spend Grant Money
Explore the Library Development Division’s blog for Grant Opportunity postings. Start with this recent post from Jennifer Peters then explore links to previous featured opportunities listed below the current post.
Get It Free
The Wolfe City Library has a book drop that is no longer used. If you are interested in this item and can pick it up at the library contact Library Director, Beverly Lowe, 903-496-7311. (The library is one of our “train depot” libraries, a fun place to visit!)
Grant Opportunity - Rescuing Texas History, 2011
UNT Libraries is accepting applications for its Rescuing Texas History grant, 2011. UNT Libraries is dedicated to providing access to Texas history collections belonging to museums, libraries, archives, private collections, historical societies and government agencies throughout Texas. The grant will provide allocations to digitize photographs, negatives (large and small), slides, handwritten materials and non-bound print materials and documents. The application deadline is December 15, 2010. For more details, please click here.
Promoting Audiobooks:
Playaway offers free promotional tools through their Circulation Station.
NetLibrary offers free promotional tools through their tools page.
Overdrive’s promotional materials are in their Library Marketing Kit.
Books on Tape offers free posters, buttons, CD samplers, etc. on their Tools page.
Overdrive -E-Book Cheat Sheet Why the Kindle doesn’t work with Overdrive.
Speaking of Downloadable Media
If you subscribe to a downloadable audiobook service you will now report the number of downloadable audios in your 2010 annual report in lines 6.5 or 6.6.
· If you import the bib records into your catalog the count is reported in 6.5
· If you don’t import the titles and provide a link to the service that contains your downloadables you will report the number of your downloadables in 6.6.
· This is a bib record (not copy) count.
· The downloadable title is only counted once!
There is a similar count for downloadable video (fields 6.9 and 6.10). E-Books are not yet counted.
Coming soon on a computer near you:
Webinars
Free TLA--The Latest in Legislative News & Legislative Day, 2011 Nov 8, 2-3
The upcoming legislature session will be a debate over priorities in the face of enormous budget shortfalls. What can you do to help libraries get the funding and programs they need to maintain current levels of service? Join TLA Legislative Committee Chair Joyce Baumbach as well as Susan Mann, Gloria Meraz, and Marty DeLeon for a discussion about the upcoming legislative session, issues, and advocacy opportunities. Bring your questions and ideas. The free webinar is intended for anyone interested in supporting libraries.
Free TLA --Three Simple Rules for Great Presentations Nov 9, 2-3
Lee Hilyer of the University of Houston Libraries will show you how to make the most out of your presentations. He describes three simple rules that can dramatically improve the delivery of your presentations—whether to an audience of students or faculty. He will provide practical, step-by-step and “before and after” examples will be discussed. This program is appropriate for anyone who gives presentations to an audience.
Create enforceable codes of conduct.
Upcoming Webinars listed on TSLAC Library Developments Blog
Also available: Librarian Live Podcasts
Management and Training topics
Ebsco’s free online training schedule
November 5 Application deadline for Best Small Library in America Award
November 5 Public Library Funding & Technology Access Survey closes
November 7 End daylight saving time
November 8 Creating community through dynamic teen book discussion groups -free webinar
* November 9 New Technologies program South Garland Library Register
* November 10 New Technologies program Tyler Public Library Register
November 12 Applications due for the 2011 Better World Books/NCFL Libraries and Families
November 15 Office Depot grant requests due
November 29 Everyone Reads @ your library grant applications due
NOVEMBER 30 NETLS MEMBERSHIP MEETING GARLAND
By December 15 Application due date for Sara Jaffarian Award (ALA) for humanities programming in schools
By December 17 J Frank Dobie Grant applications due
By December 31 Send (postmark, email or fax) application for Christina B. Woll Memorial Grant
Until December 31 Get in-store grant application from Sam’s or Walmart. They do not accept mailed, fax, phoned applications.
By January 5 Muhammad Ali Center Peace Garden grant applications for award packages (not cash) due
By January 7 Apply for Quality Books/New Members Round Table Professional Development Grant for 2011 TLA Conference
By January 7 Apply for TALL Texans Leadership Development Institute
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